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Democrats need a net gain of four seats to capture the Senate. If they get it, they’d control what happens in a vacancy, as Justice Samuel Alito admits he has thought about retirement.
Samuel Alito is one of six conservative justices on the Supreme Court, three of whom were nominated by President Donald Trump.
Democrats, who could control the Senate for Trump's final two years, appear unwilling to confirm the president's potentially fourth appointee.